Frances van der Velden Founder of Airyday

In episode 140 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Dimond talks to the founder of Airyday, Frances van der Velden. I knew this was going to be a great storytelling episode, because I was already reasonably versed in the Airyday backstory, but what blew me away in this conversation was how much actual tangible business advice Frances so openly shared. Frances was diagnosed with a Basal Cell Carcinoma, which led to her trying more or less every sunscreen on the market to find a formula she loved and would be happy to wear every day. When she couldn’t find one that ticked every box, she set to work on developing Airyday- an SPF wardrobe that launched in 2022 with four sunscreens. Beauty retail giant Sephora reached out to Frances a mere six weeks post-launch, and today, two years in, Airyday is stocked in Sephora stores nationally and through a whopping 600 clinic stockists. Frances explains that this was largely thanks to a high risk ad spend strategy that she explains far better than I can. In this conversation, Frances shares the realities of such major growth in such a short timeframe, how her marketing investment allowed Airyday to cut through the noise in a saturated market, and her advice on getting your brand seen by the decision makers at the country’s biggest retailers. Read more at glowjournal.com Follow Airyday on Instagram @airyday.official Stay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemdimond and @glow.journal , or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Frances van der Velden Founder of Airyday is an episode from Glow Journal by Gemma Dimond .

This episode is 48:20 long.

This episode was published on Oct 29, 2024.

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